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| Lustre-Creme Shampoo (Sandra Dee, 1961) |
...the star of the Ross Hunter production, Tammy, Tell Me True...
Rare TV ad featuring Tammy star and wife of Bobby Darin, Sandra Dee (1942 - 2005).
Lustre-Creme Shampoo was right up there in popularity with Halo Shampoo in the mid-1900s. It used to come in liquid form as well as a squeeze/paste tube.
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time 0:32 size 784 kb aired 1961
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| Score Hair Cream |
By today's standards, this guy starts out looking reasonable and attractive. After the hair-cream treatment, well, he looks like the proverbial dork.
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time 0:33 size 431 kb aired 1966
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| Dial Shampoo |
Yes, a shampoo in an unbreakable bottle! Can you imagine such a thing?
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time 0:34 size 447 kb aired 1956
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| Bobbi Pin-Curl |
Bobbi Pin-Curl Permanent Wave.
For that perky, bouncy, totally '50s look. Looks even better in that '54 convertible.
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time 0:54 size 254 kb aired 1954
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| Polident Denture Cream |
Polident denture cream, with active oxygen.
Active oxygen? What the heck is that? Based on this ad, it stops bacteria and gets rid of denture breath.
So, what is denture breath?
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time 0:38 size 108 kb aired 1959
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| Halo Shampoo #1 |
Just look at that Halo look.
The first of several famous Halo Shampoo commercials. Nobody seems to know what happened to Halo, except that it's no longer made.
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time 0:27 size 238 kb aired 1953
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| Halo Shampoo #3 |
Get some body with Halo!
The third Halo commercial, this one is from the latter '60s. It's just a guess, but this may have been among the last Halo ads ever made.
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time 0:38 size 185 kb aired 1960s
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| Halo Shampoo #5 |
You can always tell a Halo Girl.
The fifth Halo commercial, featuring Louis Jourdan. Very classy song and singer.
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time 1:03 size 839 kb aired 1959
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| Halo Shampoo #7 |
Halo, lovely lady, Halo.
Halo commercial number seven: Halo glorifies hair, naturally. Complete with famous jingle.
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time 1:03 size 818 kb aired 1955
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| White Rain Shampoo |
Use new White Rain Shampoo tonight, and tomorrow your hair will be sunshine bright.
Lovely hair is the essense of romance, you know. <sigh>
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time 0:32 size 527 kb aired 1950s
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| Summer Blonde by Clairol |
You know they won't know it isn't the sun...
Watch as those wacky summer kids illegally deface a billboard...and have fun at the same time! <giggle, giggle>
Features a spin-off of the '60s pop hit song, Come To The Sunshine, by Harpers Bizarre.
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time 0:21 size 517 kb aired 1960s
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| Phillips' Tooth Paste |
The oldest television ad I've seen: from 1947, Dennis James for Phillips' Tooth Paste. They even had special effects back then!..and yes, she does call him Monty.
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time 0:58 size 755 kb aired 1947
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| Brylcreem |
Brylcreem, a little dab'l do ya, Brycreem, you'll look so debonair.
This is the cream that caused girls to love getting their fingers in your hair. They weren't very fussy in those days.
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time 1:07 size 415 kb aired 1950s
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| Colgate Dental Cream |
Colgate dental cream, commonly known as toothpaste.
This is so-o-o corny. With Cutie Katie and Handsome Harry (who later wed and had a kid named Stuck-Up Suzie).
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time 1:07 size 245 kb aired 1950s
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| Old Spice After-Shave Lotion |
Old Spice after-shave lotion, by Shulton, for only $1.00, plus tax.
45 years have passed, and the bottle is still the same shape.
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time 1:08 size 504 kb aired 1958
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| Halo Shampoo #2 |
Halo, everybody, Halo.
The second Halo commercial, this has the jingle that most (older) Americans remember. It was sung on live broadcasts by a variety of stars. In this clip, the singer is Eddie Cantor, live.
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time 1:19 size 488 kb aired 1954
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| Halo Shampoo #4 |
Halo Everybody Halo! (live)
The fourth Halo commercial, this one was made during the holidays, airing live.
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time 1:19 size 1.0 mb aired 1954
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| Halo Shampoo #6 |
Halo isn't old anymore!
The sixth Halo commercial, starting out with the familiar Halo Everybody Halo jingle, and ending with a pop/mod version of the same song.
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time 0:32 size 446 kb aired 1967
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| Halo Shampoo #8 |
Let yourself glow.
Halo commercial number 8: From the hairdos and Goldfinger-like singing, this looks to be from about the mid-60s.
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time 0:33 size 534-559 kb aired 1960s
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| Halo Shampoo #9 New Apr 2 |
Say goodbye to dry, flyaway hair.
Halo commercial number 9, this one has another smooth-voiced crooner singing the famous Halo jingle.
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time 1:03 size 1.0 mb aired 1961
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Continued on page 2 of Groom.
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